The Sisters Area Guide

Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Glenn Moore is a comedian, actor and one of the best and most prolific joke writers in the country.Glenn is a regular face on TV, having appeared on Live at the Apollo, Mock The Week and over the pond on The Great American Joke-Off. He has also appeared on The News Quiz, The Now Show, House of Games and Pointless Celebrities. He can be heard daily as one quarter of The Dave Berry Breakfast Show on Absolute Radio, the UK's biggest commercial radio breakfast show and is also a presenter on the BBC Sounds gaming podcast Press X To Continue. He has his own Radio 4 series, and can be heard on News Quiz, Now Show and Absolute Radio. He features in the 2023 series of Live at the Apollo, is a regular on Mock The Week RIP, The Great American Joke-Off and The Stand-Up Sketch Show. Proud owner of a Pointless Celebrities trophy and a House of Games tankard. "A comedy masterclass." The Times "Spectacular laughs." Evening Standard Plus support from Paul F Taylor, introducing Cecily Hitchcock and Anitha Sri and MC Ben Van Der Velde

Sax king Colin Stetson has worked with everyone from Bon Iver to Arcade Fire, but it's his solo work that really stands out. He pairs alt-jazz instrumentation with wild and haunting experimental textures and synths. Whether he's blowing his sax, a clarinet or any other horn it's time to immerse yourself in his ambient electronic underworld. His latest track The Rain Like Curses is a marathon of a journey that I wanna go on, again and again, guess I better start training. This is an 18+ event.

Playful deception meets its match in Mozarts sparkling comic operaCos fan tutte,reminding us that love is rarely as simpleor as certainas wed like to believe. Two young officers make a reckless wager. Can their fiances remain faithful when temptation comes knocking? With a mischievous plot hatched by a worldly friend, disguises, mistaken identities, and romantic entanglements spiral into a deliciously absurd tangle. Set to some of Mozarts most radiant and intricate music and sung in English to a translation by Amanda Holden, Cos fan tutte blends razor-sharp wit with moments of truth and reflection in this vibrant production that proves Mozart knew the human heart all too well. !

Thursday 31st December / doors & bars open 10pm BEEFMINCE NYE: The Grand Dong Since 2015, BEEFMINCE has been attracting a stampede of bears, cubs, chubs, chasers, leather-men and everything in between, to become one of London’s most loved, inclusive and fun LGBTQ+ club nights. Please only attend if this night sounds like it's for you! Ring in the New Year the BEEFMINCE way - dirty, dancey, and downright massive! We’re taking over The Clapham Grand once again for the ultimate big beary blowout: THE GRAND DONG \ DJ line up mas que nada bros silverhook cowlick \+ more tba Huge victorian theatre full of London's beariest, hairest and tastiest. GoGo Dancers shaking into 2026 Countdown chaos with confetti and balloon drops galore! \ Get ready for an unfiltered, unapologetic night of beefy beats and big energy as we launch into 2026 with a BOOM (and a DONG!). Presented by BEEFMINCE. This is an 18+ event.

Multi award winning comedian Jeff Innocent has reached legendary status among his peers and audiences alike by staying at the top of his game for over 20 years. His unique appeal lies in the contrast between his East End 'geezer appearance and demeanour, and his educated, philosophical delivery and culturally relevant subject matter. Always original, he continues to cement his position within the history of British stand up comedians with his regular performances on the UK and world live comedy circuit and has recently acquired a whole new generation of fans, through his online viral video clips. Jeff Innocent started his comedy career in the mid 90's at the age of 41 after a colourful and eventful life including a father and brothers best described as entrepreneurs, working as a window dresser in the trendy 70's world of London's Kings Rd and Carnaby St fashion shops and appearing regularly as an actor at the radical Half Moon Theatre in London's Aldgate. It was in 1996, after a gap of 25 years, that Jeff resumed his passion for performing by enrolling in a stand-up comedy course a 40th birthday gift tutored by the legendary alternative stand up pioneer Tony Allen. Since then Jeff has performed stand-up comedy not just in the UK but in such far flung and unlikely locations as Viet Nam, Abu Dhabi, China, the Philippines, India, Norway, South Africa and Kuala Lumpur to name just a few. "Jeff Innocent delivers a masterclass in stand-up comedy every time he performs." Sunday Times "It should be made law that every British citizen should go and see Jeff innocent, he's that funny." Evening Standard "Jeff presents a show that's part history lesson, part sociology lecture, but all funny." Guardian Plus support from Andrew White, introducing Valeria Vulpe and Jen Nolan and MC Ben Van Der Velde

New York-based composer and producer Kelly Moran comes to Wales to showcase her unique strand of experimental piano compositions. Paradise Garden presents a special gig at The Gate Arts Centre in Cardiff with Kelly Moran plus support from Surgeons Girl and Esther. Kelly Moran is a pianist and producer from New York who has spent her career excavating the sonic possibilities of the piano. An accomplished and highly sought-after composer, she has collaborated with an array of visionary contemporaries including FKA twigs, Yves Tumor, Kelsey Lu, Oneohtrix Point Never, and the Avalanches. As a solo artist, Moran's critically acclaimed albums, Bloodroot (2017) and Ultraviolet (2018) have explored a variety of extended piano techniques like John Cage-inspired prepared piano and exercises in improvisation. Her unique strand of experimental piano compositions, which conjure hypnotizing textures and dramatic compositional arcs, have been included on year-end lists across classical, avant-garde, and metal genres. In 2018, Moran was signed as a Yamaha Artist and began composing with Yamaha's technologically-enhanced pianos, most notably the Disklavier player piano. Her releases Vesela (2023) and Moves in the Field (2024) showcase deeper sensitivity to the piano, with Moran merging her human restraint with the limitless possibilities of the disklavier. Moves in the Field, was praised by the New York Times for being "a softhearted but steel-skinned set of 10 piano pieces that are as rapturous as a waterfall or as delicate as vapor. Her first album in six years, it is the redemptive conclusion in an extended span of personal tragedy and professional doubt, all ingrained in its sweeping songs." Moran's upcoming album, Don't Trust Mirrors marks her pivotal return to synth and prepared piano, showcasing the emotional experience of seeing yourself through distortion, reflection, and the slow work of piecing yourself back together. The album features Warp Records labelmate Bibio and comprises 10 tracks of magnificent timbral refractions. Weaving together shimmering textures and sharp edges, Don't Trust Mirrors is an immersive journey towards self-reconnection and coming back into focus.